most receiving yards from 1940 to 1960

Between the 1940 and 1960 seasons, Billy Howton had the most receiving yards, with 6,454 yards.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a player from 1940 to 1960
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Billy Howton
B. Howton
6,454
103
365
17.7
62.7
48
20
4
5.0
0.2
0
2Elroy Hirsch
E. Hirsch
6,299
103
343
18.4
61.2
53
317
74
4.3
3.1
1
3Billy Wilson
B. Wilson
5,902
100
407
14.5
59.0
49
0
0
0.0
0
4Pete Pihos
P. Pihos
5,619
107
373
15.1
52.5
61
-4
9
-0.4
0.0
0
5Tom Fears
T. Fears
5,397
87
400
13.5
62.0
38
15
5
3.0
0.2
0
6Hugh Taylor
H. Taylor
5,233
94
272
19.2
55.7
58
7
1
7.0
0.1
0
7Elbie Nickel
E. Nickel
5,131
131
329
15.6
39.2
37
0
0
0.0
0
8Don Hutson
D. Hutson
5,089
63
329
15.5
80.8
63
214
33
6.5
3.4
3
9Bobby Walston
B. Walston
4,751
120
273
17.4
39.6
44
12
4
3.0
0.1
0
10Raymond Berry
R. Berry
4,657
72
293
15.9
64.7
41
0
0
0.0
0
11Harlon Hill
H. Hill
4,565
75
223
20.5
60.9
40
31
5
6.2
0.4
0
12Jim Benton
J. Benton
3,995
69
240
16.6
57.9
33
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
13Kyle Rote
K. Rote
3,992
107
247
16.2
37.3
41
871
231
3.8
8.1
4
14Ray Mathews
R. Mathews
3,963
114
233
17.0
34.8
34
1,057
300
3.5
9.3
5
15Ray Renfro
R. Renfro
3,954
102
198
20.0
38.8
39
682
137
5.0
6.7
4
16Dante Lavelli
D. Lavelli
3,908
79
244
16.0
49.5
33
0
0
0.0
0
17Pete Brewster
P. Brewster
3,758
104
210
17.9
36.1
21
0
0
0.0
0
18Ken Kavanaugh
K. Kavanaugh
3,626
90
162
22.4
40.3
50
0
0
0.0
0
19Bob Boyd
B. Boyd
3,611
79
176
20.5
45.7
28
-9
2
-4.5
-0.1
0
20Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
3,552
95
257
13.8
37.4
26
3,579
833
4.3
37.7
32
21Jim Doran
J. Doran
3,514
101
199
17.7
34.8
22
59
3
19.7
0.6
0
22Lenny Moore
L. Moore
3,509
60
193
18.2
58.5
30
2,531
449
5.6
42.2
24
23Gordie Soltau
G. Soltau
3,487
107
249
14.0
32.6
25
-4
1
-4.0
0.0
0
24Jim Mutscheller
J. Mutscheller
3,314
83
200
16.6
39.9
38
0
0
0.0
0
25Bob Schnelker
B. Schnelker
3,266
91
187
17.5
35.9
29
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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